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Liberty City gets Google Maps treatment photo

God bless Rockstar for including a gigantic fold-out map of Liberty City with every copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. Without it, I might have never been able to find that bar to get the QUB3D achievement. But what a pain in the ass it was dealing with that unwieldy map -- it's four times the size of my coffee table, and it folds in 72 different places.

IGN has the answer -- an interactive, detailed virtual map of Liberty City. Powered by Google Maps, everything you'll need is here, from vehicle locations to the hottest entertainment spots in Liberty City. Zoom in, zoom out, add markers ... this is definitely going to be a helpful tool for anyone who plans on spending any time with GTA IV.

According to the in-game statistics, I've dumped hours into this game, and yet I haven't seen half of what's on this map. The game is huge, and I'm going to take my time seeing all of the sights, both online and off. Is there anyone who is truly done with this game yet, and if so, how's unemployment working out for you?


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Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 05/01/2008 10:36
Wow that map is insane. Whoever made this is awesome.
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DaedHead8 at 05/01/2008 10:49
Done with the game? HA! I'll be surprised at how many people finished within the seven days rockstar gave us but I'll be double surprised if anybody is allready finished. I've given this game every spare moment I had for the last two days and myc completion percentage is reading in the 20s somewhere.
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Holyetheline at 05/01/2008 10:50
This is so amazing. I'm glad I have my computer right next to my couch. I can easily play and use this map at the same time. Also, I haven't come close to finishing the game yet. I think it will take me a damn long time because I keep getting distracted from my missions in the game.
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king3vbo at 05/01/2008 11:04
Ooooh tasty
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brad drac at 05/01/2008 11:05
I actually am just quitting my 9 hour a day, 5 days a week job tomorrow, in lieu of a 4 hours an evening. 4 evenings a week job starting monday. The excuse is to start working on making a game, but it happily coincides with today's purchase of GTA4.
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nintendoll at 05/01/2008 11:08
Google can officially help you navigate imaginary worlds. Strange but awesome.
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mistic at 05/01/2008 11:18
Wow that map is insane!

I'll be using that a LOT the next couple of weeks :-D
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casualweaponry at 05/01/2008 11:28
That map is truly insane. Kudos to whoever managed to put that thing together. Impressive.
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big filth at 05/01/2008 11:37
I took it way back to the old school and bought the strategy guide.

I know, thats crazy but I like having it. I spent hours yesterday just tracking down hidden weapons and armor.

then sitting on top of buildings and shooting people in their cars as they waited at red lights.

heads falling on the horn is sweet.

I <3 Niko
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B-Radicate at 05/01/2008 11:38
I'm definitely going to use this for all of the jump and pigeon placements. Other than that, though, I'd sorta rather find everything on my own. My hat's off to whomever made it, however.
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vexed alex at 05/01/2008 12:13
<3
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artson1966 at 05/01/2008 12:50
24.45 hours in and i have only completed 28.2% of the game. I find that even if the main storyline could be completed in 30 hours that would require you to ignore your friends and dates. it also took me 4 hours just to complete the Bruise exotic car list. so to get 100% will take far more time then everyone thinks it will im betting somewhere from 80-100 hours min. either way i have a great feeling that 100's of hours will be spent on this game over then next year.
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Silvershotzero at 05/01/2008 12:52
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MyMz7Lka5EA&feature=related

Oh man I love Google Maps. I'm totally gonna use this when I get back to GTA later today. HEY EVERYBODY!! LETS DANCE!!
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Zatsuga at 05/01/2008 14:08
~12 hours and 25%+, and that's watching every NBA playoff game too.
I've decided to play through without aids until the main plot is done, but this map just got bookmarked for after another ~30 hours of gametime.
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mix at 05/01/2008 14:22
Saweeet!
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Professor Pew at 05/01/2008 15:00
Omg this will be used for terrorist attacks!
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deanhatescoffee at 05/01/2008 15:55
This is cool, but... there's a map built into the game...
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Hitogoroshi at 05/01/2008 16:32
Huge props to whoever made this!
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wardrox at 05/01/2008 17:25
google street anyone?
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Fleet3000 at 05/01/2008 18:40
HEART THIS.
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Xelotath at 05/01/2008 19:22
Wow this is amazing, I bookmarked it and I'll be sure to use it later.
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daewootech at 05/04/2008 00:46
i played until 5am the first night, and got a couple assorted sessions since. ive worked up to around 30% completed as of yet and am enjoying every minute

unfortunatly im out of town celebrating an early mothers day and have been missing it all weekend...
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